The Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-03-09, Page 7THURSDAY, MARCH 9th, 1944
The Lucknow Sentinel, Lucknow, Ontario-
Gordon
ntario-
Gordon Stewardi of the Army
PostalCorps of Ottawa spent
the week -end with his parents,
Mi. and Mrs. Chas. Steward.
Since arriving overseas LAC.
Melvin Orr has "run into" two
boys .from home, Bob.MacKenzie
and• Itoss Patterson.
Wounded By Shrapnel
"1 Mrs. Wm. Habkirk of town,
`., who recently received word that
her son Donald had been wound-
ed in action in Italy, has since
received further details, and
friends here are glad to learn
that his injuries are not serious:
Donald was • Struck by shrapnel
which entered his heel and came
,out •below the ankle. The leg has
been in a cast but is rapidly
haling,
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Writes Cheery Letter •
Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie of town
received a letter, from her son
Alex on Tuesday. It was written
on December. 31st, and was the
cheeriest letter yet received.' At
that . time Alex stili had:not re-
ceived any letters' from home.
Hu said . that Christmas passed
off very well and that there was
a fine bunch of boys in the psis,
on camp.
Witnessed Convoy Accident
Details of a . convoy accident
Were recently revealed which
has• local interest. .The incident
• occurred at sea in a. blinding
sleet storm when two merchant
ships collided., One of: the > ships
was badly, damaged butwas.
taken- -in:--tow by the corvette-
} Keriogartii. Later the freighter
took fire and •was abandoned' as
the flames -got out of control, and
the crew was taken .aboard the
Kenogaini The -burning fr i ht '
broke in half and was sunk by
gunfire and depth charges from
a new escort vessel, the H. M. C.
S. Wa11 w(•b'rrg. Bob Thompson
is Pefty:. Officer telegraphist • on
the Wallaceburg.
Saw Chin Picture Overseas
Harold (Bud) Thompson, who
arrived overseas recently., writes'
that he was quite surprised to
open an • overseas paper,"Can-
I adian . Press News;. London, ' Eng=
• land", and be greeted. •by• a pic-
ture , of the. Chin brothers. Bud
.sayshe's been showing the paper
. to most everyone, and when he's.
done "bragging" about 'his home.
' town hockey team will send the
paper'home. In the meantime he's
written to tell the three boys of •
the publicity they're getting a-
cross, the pond.
The above was no sooner writ-
ten on Monday, than Joe Whitby
• Ibrought in a copy of the "News"
with the picture in' it. He receiv-
ed the paper on Monday's mull.
in' a letter from George Whitby,
.1 and talk about mail service!
paper was dated February 26th.
Georges' letter was ;.postmark( d
at the orderly room on February
28th, arriving here on Monday --
seven days • later, and it wasn't
an air mail latter, or at least
wasn't posted at air mail rates. .
Had Foot Amputated .
Mr. and . Mrs, John A. John-
ston, Con: 3, Ashfield, are '111 re'-'
ceipt of another cable : announc-
ing •that their only son; Tr. liar -
Vey Milton Johnston, who was
dangerously wounded- on Febru-
-.ary 4th in Italy, 'while still "ser-
- iously ill is improving''. He suf-
fered- from a compound fracture
of the skull, a crushed foot and
injuries to' one of his.: arms. It.
was
foot amputated.
DONNYBROOK,
The MVlarc1i meeting of the • St.
Augustine war. • workers was held
on Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs.' Jas. Craig with 16
ladies present. Two quilts were
completed for the Red Cross. lt
was" decided to donate ten dol-
lars to the Red .Cross. Letters of
thanks and . appreciation were
react from Earl Leddy and Gra-
ham Chamney for boxes : receiv-
ed. It lwas decided to pack boxes
again for those overseas. In the
.evening a progressive . euchre
was .;held ` with ninetables of
players . "competing for prizes
Which, were won by ',Miss . Ruth
Thompson and Mr. Jas. Leddy.
Lunch was served and • a social
time enjoyed:
Mrs. Elizabeth, Naylor has re=
turned to her home after spend-
ing the past few; months in Luck-
now.'
Mrs. Wm. • Craig & Mrs. Frank
Goring wereweek-end guests at
the • home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
T. Craig:
Mr. Ted Thompson of. Wing -
ham spent. Sunday athis home
here.
BOUNDARY EAST
Miss Gretta Hudson spent Sun-
day at Mr:. W. J. Irwin's.
Mr. and Mrs: James Forster
visitedSunday.at Mr. Wm. Forster's on
•
A . Red Cross . quilting was held
at the home of Miss Gretta. Hun -
son for the ladies west of No. 9
on .Wednesday last.
Mrs. Pat McMillan . was also
hostess for a Red Cross quilting
for the Jolly Workers on Thurs-
day last; with sevenladies pres-
ent ..
Mr. and Mrs. Rhys Pollock. and
Richard spent --Thursday evening
at George Fisher's.
A number from here motored
to .:Milverton to see the hockey
match on Monday evening. In
-.spite of roads and weather these
staunch fans are always on hand`
to cheer on our winning team.
KINLOUGH
Mr. Wesley Boyle arid Mrs.
John , Cox received word that
their nephew, Pilot Officer Mar-
shall. Jones was killed on active
service overseas. He enlisted in
June 1941 at Moose Jaw, . Sask.,
and, trained at Trenton, Ont., be-
fore going overseas. His brother
PO. Maurice Jones was killed in-
a plane crash in England. They
were sons of the late Mrs. Eva
Jones of i Moose Jaw, Sask. who
died in August .last. Mrs. Jones
was the former Eva Boyle, dau-
ghter of Mr'. Wm. Boyle and the
late Mrs. Boyle, formerly of. con.
10, Kinloss.
Mr. Gordozi tatters •'is home
from Newfoun, and enjoying •a -
holiday with his father, Mr. Den-
zil Statters.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. McLean
and family, . Mrs. W: J. McLean
and Mrs. H. A. Graham 'visited
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert
11ic$�uillin, Whitechurch.
Mr. Wesley Guest, . 'who' has
been sick, was taken to Gcderich
hospital ' for x-ray. His many
friends' wish him a speedy re-
covery.
Mrs. Albert Pierson of Chal-
rners visited this week with Mrs.
Bert McLean.
Mrs. W. J. McLean 'is enter-
taining the Sr. W. A. on Friday
afternoon at 'a work meeting.
Miss Tena Hodgins and James
Hodge were S'rnday visitors at
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hodgins.
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ST.' HELEN'S
Mrs. McKenzie Webb was a
visitor with Mr., and Mrs. Al-
lister Hughes at Holyrood.
The • dramatic club are pres-
enting their plays "Love and
Doughnuts" and "Ada gives first
aid" at .Dungannon . on: Friday
evening. ,
Pilot . Officer Stuart Collyer.
Mrs. Collyer, Teddy and Thommy.
are visitors with Mrs. Collyer's.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thom.
PO; Collyer received his -wings
recently at Portage la Prairie
'and will go to Mountain View
hear Belleville, fox.. an instruct-'
oT'S Course.
1,1_21,1. F. Dann and Dr. W. 0.
I=lea
both services on Sunday.
1 Presby, terian W. M. S.
PAtiE SEVEN
Mrs. Will MacKenzie and Mrs.
C. Cook were directors for the
March meeting -which was held
at the home of Mrs. Jim Smith.
Mrs. Mowbray was in the chair.
After the opening prayer and
hymn, business of the Society
was discussed. . Roszella Mullin
favored with a solo and Mrs. Mc-
Far.lane with a . reading. Mrs. A.
P. Stewart gave a paper on the
native races of British Guiana.
Mrs. Jim Little took as he Bible.
study, "Hope'', in : which she:
brought out the. thought , that
they often ,sing the loudest who
have sighed deeply: Mrs.. C.. Cook`
lid in :the. Glad Tidings .prayer
and the news from it was sum-
marized. 'Members are reminded
to complete their quilt blocks for
the next meeting which is tohe
held at the home of Mrs. Wm.
Spindler with Mrs. Joe.Agnew
and Mrs: R V. MacKenzie in
Presbyterian Church. Y. W. A.
The February meeting of the
Presbyterian Y.W.A: was held at.
the 'home. of Mrs: Morgan Hen-
der'son, with Mrs, J. E. Little in
chair: , After• singing - hymn
213, e , Lord's prayer was re-
peated in unison, and the scrip-
ture lesson read. Mrs. V. Mow-
bray
owbray gave the Bible study which
.was followed by singing 'hymn
204. Mrs: J. D. Ross gave the 4op-
ic on I3ritish Guiana and the cur-
rent events from the Glad Tid-
ings were reviewed by : Miss
Catherine McDougall: After:• a
Bible quiz on a portion of the
Book Of Acts, Miss Maudie Fish
er gave a• reading:, Hymn 378 was
sung 'and "Miss Marion McDoug-
all closed the rneeting with pray-
er.
charge. 1 STORE.
SPECIALS in ,.Men's and Boys'
Underwear, Sox, • IMits, Shirts
and `Work Clothing: The Store
with the Stock. • THE MARKET
PIay At Dance
Under auspices of the Dun-
gannon Agricultural Society
IN THE PARISH HALL
Dungannon
'ed. • March 13
•, ' at 8.3.0 sharp
The 'Young People's Society
of . North St United Church.
Goderich will present their
excellent comedy,
"COVERALLS"
•
Dance. After
Music by the "`Lucky Four
Orchestra" — Come and enjoy
a night of real entertainment.
Wilfred Drennan, Pres.
T. M. Durnin, See.
•
G
.. it changes 4onstantly to tree
this country's :changing needs
FOR INSTANCE .. •
Ever wonder where your ration*
coupons go? The answer is that
your grocer takes your sugar,
butter and other coupons to his
bank, which acts as the govern
ment's agent in identifying and
accounting for: millions. of spent
coupons. This vast bookkeeping;
job—known as "Ration Coupon
Banking'' -- is just one of the
new, additional assignments
which the banks have assumed '
as part gf their wartime. service.
Another is the payment, . on
behalf of the government, of cer-
tain'subsidies arising out of war-
time price control. Still another
is the handling of exchange trans-
actions ' as agents of the Foreign
Exchange . Control Board.
At the same time the banks have
arranged facilities to serve mili-
tary .establishments and new war-
industry centres alike.
Through loans to industry and
agriculture, they have helped = to
increase the supply of raw mite -
rials, weapons and food.
They have acted as issuing
agents for approximately $5,700,-
000,000 worth of Victory Bonds
and War Salngs Certificates, as
well as lending direct` financial
aid to the government through
sort term loans.
...All this in the face of wide-
spread . • staff changes resulting
from enlistments of 8,360 trained
bank employees. . .
The war emergency has proved the readiness and ability of
Canada's banks to adapt their services to new conditions. It
has proved, once again, :the -strengthtl of your banking system,
which is providing service ung a � firm base of financial service fair the
greatest economic effort in the nation's history, and will with
equal resourcefulness meet the challenge of the years ahead.
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